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2015 VLIR-UOS Full Scholarships for Developing Countries

2015 VLIR-UOS Full
Scholarships for Developing Countries:

VLIR-UOS supports
partnerships between universities and university colleges, in Flanders and in
the South, looking for innovative responses to global and local challenges.
VLIR-UOS awards scholarships and grants to applicants from 54 countries in
Africa, Asia or Latin America for a training or Master at a Belgian university
(college).

Check the English
taught courses at Belgian Flemish universities or university colleges that are
eligible for scholarships HERE.

Eligibility

Be national
and resident of one of the 54
eligible countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America at the moment of
application.

Age: 40 years or
less for a Master programme or 45 years or less for a training (on 1 January of
the year of the start of the course).

Meet
the academic admission criteria set by the university or university
college, concerning educational background, language proficiency, etc.

For a Master
programme:

Not have been
enrolled in a Master programme (or equivalent) at a Belgian university before
(with or without a scholarship).

Not work in the
commercial profit sector, as they target candidates from education and
research institutions, the government sector, social economy and NGOs.

For a training
programme:

have relevant
professional experience and a written (future) employer’s statement of
(re)integration in an employment where the acquired knowledge and skills will
be immediately applicable.

Scholarship

For a Master
programme:

Allowance: €
860/month

Accommodation
allowance: € 375/month

Family allowance: €
62 per dependent person/month

Several one-time
payments

Insurance,
international travel and tuition fee

For a training
programme:

Allowance: € 32/day

Several one-time
payments

Accommodation,
insurance, international travel and tuition fee

Application

To apply for a
scholarship, you first need to apply for the training or Master
programme. The dates of application are determined by the programme,
majority being in January/February 2015.

To apply for
a training or Master programme, visit the website of the training or Master programme of
your interest. Follow the guidelines for application for the programme as
mentioned on its website. In the programme application, you can mention
whether you wish to apply for a scholarship. In case you do, the
programme coordinator forwards your application to VLIR-UOS.

Take into account
that you can only apply for one training or Master programme per year.

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